Developer listens to users
The software is excellent. While I sometimes use Ableton or Cubasis to get started with ideas, I always produce them in Reaper. It has more flexibility and many more options for working on details. It doesn't force me into a standardised robotic way of churning out music. I always have the choice whether to stick by conventions or break them. What I have also discovered today is that the developer listens to us users. A few weeks ago I suggested in the Reaper feature request forum a better way of handling automated file naming. Today I updated to the latest minor release of Reaper (they happen very frequently) and discovered that my suggestion has been implemented.
Robert Persson
Avoid
Bought a product,waited for 2 months.Nothing was delivered.Won’t reply to any sort of contact.
Andrei Tisea
I had the co owner I an come around to…
I had the co owner Ian come around to my house out of hours to view records I have been thinking about selling for sometime, not only is he one of the nicest guys around he is knowledgeable and genuine.What he tells you is fair and correct, he goes through the records with you obviously pointing out points about the value has the record got an inner and the state of the cover which really does affect the value, however after looking at them he gave me a very very good price for the collection and in all honesty more than I was expecting.Anyone who's thinking of selling records, hi fis these are the guys you need to at least speak to they are not pushy, I have other records I'm considering to sell and would be more than happy to do business with Reaper records again a fantastic experience.
Melvyn Sutton
Reaper... What all software should be.
I've been working in audio since the 80's, so obviously I've seen my share of products. With that being said, my experience with Reaper has been highly positive for various reasons.*1. Reaper itself. It's stable, highly tweakable, & offers many options.2. Price. The price is consumer friendly & fair. You get what you pay for & a lot more. And there's no subscription nonsense.3. Support. Between the company itself & the community forums, support is light years ahead of other software companies.*Nowadays, software companies tend to be anti-consumer in general & sometimes insanely expensive as well. It's refreshing & reassuring to have an option like Reaper.
Joe in Pa
Don’t fear the Reaper
I have used Reaper over 10 years and get along just fine with it . It is regularly updated and supported by a great community who contribute excellent tutorials and superb scripts to extended the range of functions within the DAW. I have experimented with several alternate DAWs did find any significant advantages which would warrant migrating from Reaper.One great thing about Reaper is that if your are broke you can run it for fully nothing and if you get your ethics in you can buy a one off license.
Limbic
Best Audio Program Around for anyone less than high end pros
this is a fantastic program that is both freeware as well as low cost for small businesses under a reasonable amount of income per year. I use it for all of my voiceover and musician work, and it is fantastic, easy to understand, and makes great sounding output. Unless you really need something as complex as ProTools for high end recording, this is a fantastic product that I love and use all the time. I can't recommend it more, and it's well worth the price for a small business or individual especially.
LifelongLearner
Well let's see...
Well let's see, while I was providing sort of free technical support, consideration and the occasional joke or music related link as an experienced programmer of geometry, graphics, physics, etc, was trolled with meaningless BS. NOT ONCE personally insulted anyone before they insulted me. There were ignored improvement and support related questions (btw, the Reaper license agreement says you don't get support), in fact, actual opposition to that (thus stagnation). Told the forum is essentially the staff (meaning, circlejerk elitists trying to hide), etc...and even after providing some pretty true detailed explanations, helpful comments...though I guess it depends on your cranial capacity or soulular function...they were nice enough to ban me from their forum.So, I would rate Reaper as 0/5. Not because the software is technically all that horrible (though has numerous flaws, is stagnant, has no support other than the superficial support on the rather dodgy forum, etc)...but because of their policies and probably fearing a covid.They kinda didn't have the courtesy to respond to sincere comments or questions, consideration (even for others) after almost a month and the forum is 4chan level stupidity (if you've ever been stupid enough for that...I cannot say, as I've never been quite that stupid).Thus, FL studio beats Reaper with that one. I mean, I did rate FL studio 1/5.
Frikoppie
REAPER is certainly one of a kind
REAPER is certainly one of a kind, for me the best and most powerful DAW of the many I have used. If you're prepared to put in a reasonable amount of effort in understanding its structure and its capabilities, and especially for customisation, then it will serve you like no other.As a bonus, it comes with a great helpful forum which includes thhe support of a ridiculous number of experienced users at all levels, an insanely large and brilliant library of free instructional videos, and a comprehensive User Guide/Manual - all free!
Geoffrey Francis
Ignorant support
Well basically, they haven't even had the courtesy to reply to a very simple email in a few weeks.I would not support them, considering they don't provide reasonable support. I rated it at 3/5 initially based on a number of factors (some meaningless garbage replies on the forum, not a particularly welcoming interface, but good software basically), then 2/5 because of lack of support communication, now 1/5 because of continued lack of support. I feel it's fair to tell people to avoid that BS.
Frank Labuschagne
I recommend it.
Good audio software for recording and mixing music. As for mastering or sound-design it is not bad, but there are better alternatives. The DAW is highly customizable, works on Linux, is fast and not bloated like other DAWs, which is a big plus! It is a bit nerdy, this is pro and con at the same time, if coding scripts is not alien to you - you can do pretty much anything with it. From downsides: Design and UX of many control windows is very bad, may be throw away some people, support is weak, as there are only 2 people working on the project, so if you received response to your email, bug report or feature request - consider yourself lucky. Overall this is a good software, especially for it's price - currently 60$, license is valid on 2 versions, which is approximately from 5 to 10 years!
Oleksii Stri
Reaper == fast, configurable, a bit nerdy, yet great!
Reaper is the DAW which fits my personal workflow the most: composing and producing complex and original sinfonic cinematic music and complex unique sound design (e.g. for games).The workflow is streamlined, highly configurable and fast. The AFX processing is incredible and lets me play CPU hungry plugins like they weren't loaded at all (if the respecting track is not selected, though). Also you can extend it with plugins, you can even write on your own, if you get familiar with the easy syntax and API.I used another DAW for about 15 years. Compared to this DAW Reaper works quite different and thus better fits my personal needs. This won't make any other DAW worse, though. Maybe just not that good for ME in the end. One should keep this in mind all the time.Also keep in mind that the learning curve of Reaper might be a bit steep. BUT it totally helped me that:- the settings can be searched by a string- ALL actions are listed in a list, which is also searchable- the community is very helpful and kindI read some reviews here and I cannot quite understand them. I do understand if Reaper might be a bit overwhelming to some people - no question! Yet this makes Reaper not worse, but at most targeted at another audience. I am honest here: I had to start Reaper in trial mode for the third time before I could motivate myself to really dig into it to understand it fully. The switch from one DAW to the other was mainly based on motivation and habbits; so that's also something which held me back.In the end I am very grateful that there is such a DAW like Reaper!
Manuel
Reaper makes me happy
I bought Reaper at version 3 for $60 and that got me through version 4. I paid another $60 about 6 or 7 years later and got version 5 that takes me through 6 which will be about another 6 years of use. I have another $60 ready to buy version 7 & 8.Reaper is one of the most frugal purchases I have ever made for what I get out of it. I have produced 3 albums and have over 11,000 posts on the forum getting and giving help. The forum is hugely helpful and the people are solid, talented and cool.IMO, Reaper is not for beginners but instead people who have used other DAWs and found them too limiting. Beginners who have a good attitude and want to learn will also do well after the initial shock of the more than 5000 actions and numerous ways of doing things like recording takes.I will never change DAWs because when I have real musicians in my studio laying down tracks, they do it effortlessly because of how I have Reaper configured. For example, I have a script that toggles between room monitors and headphones. It remembers which tracks are record enabled and turns them off to avoid feedback when going through the room monitors, then re-enables them when the headphones are being used for recording/monitoring. DOZENS of scripts like that are used to make MY WORKFLOW and I can't emphasize that enough. Each user really does have a different workflow and type of music they are recording and Reaper allows everyone to build their path.What people have to understand is that Reaper does not code itself. When the odd user (it has been me before) demand a new feature and can't live without it the devs will likely not implement it because they are focused on other tasks. Reaper has a very generous fully functional trial period and that is when you figure out if it suits you or not. IT IS WHAT IT IS. If it works for you awesome but to imagine developers will implement the features you want is not likely. So try it and if it meets your needs, buy it and make music.For less than $10 a year I have a daw that just keeps getting better. It's an awesome thing.
Kfocus Sunriver
Reaper is extremely well designed
Reaper is extremely well designed, and has great utility from beginner to pro level users. Great out of box, and infinitely (and easily) customizable to an infinite level. The support community (in the cockos forum) is top notch, friendly, and extremely competent. If you want to lay down just one acoustic track or a symphony, Reaper is hands-down the best DAW out there, and is about HALF the cost of many of its competitor. What more could you want?
Mike Parker
Using Reaper since the very first version
I am using Reaper since the very first version. In all those years it never let me down. Produced over 200 cd’s from live (critical…) classical recordings. Editing and mastering also done in Reaper. Thanks for this amazing DAW!And it is wallet-friendly also. For those who are in doubt; try it. The trials runs for unlimited time and is not crippled. Everything works!Recommended.
Han Leentvaar
Reaper is a fantastic DAW
Reaper is a fantastic DAW. I have worked for 35 years in the music industry and in the process made my way through all of the major DAW's. I only wish I had found reaper a decade ago. It is well worth the learning curve, and there are many great resources and videos to help you on your way. The forum is very active, including Reapers devs, and it's members welcoming and helpful. As a latecomer of only the past two years, I can't recommend highly enough.
Bruce C
Amazing daw, well worth your money and time.
I switched to reaper after dropping pro tools, and have no regrets about doing so. I tested the app until the trial expired and then went ahead and purchaced the app. The developers have done a great job with the app, and while the interface of reaper might not be the best, aspheticly speaking, the amount of customization you get out of it both on control surface level to a keyboard shortcuts to any action you can think of more than make up for it.The learning curve might be a bit steeper than other daws, but it is well worth it to put in the effort of mastering reaper given all you get out of it once you get competent in using it.One of the many things in reaper's favor, apart from the massive degree of customization, and which sets it apart from other daws out there, is it's portability. Forget about having it installed in 2 or more systems, I.e, work and home, and constantly having to update stuff on both places. Just put reaper in a flash drive, customize it to your liking... and your set to go, no matter where you go or even if you forget your computer, if you have your portable drive, you can be up and running within seconds, no matter what computer your connected to, or where you are working at. The multiple extentions available for reaper greatly enhance its uses, and make it even more flexible.As a blind sound designer and composer, reaper is fully accessible for blind users, both on mac and on windows, just install the accessibility plugin, Osara, once into reaper, and your done, this is portable as well, so as long as the plug in for accessibility is installed in your portable or standard copy of reaper, your good to go.If your not afraid of tinkering and customizing, reaper is a amazing daw to use, and well worth the price.Overall i'm more than satisfied with this daw, and while I recognize it might not be for everyone given its level of complexity and customization and the sort of, steep learning curve, if you are willing to put in the time and effort into learning it, you won't be disappointed with thee results you get out of it, and the ease you can acomplish tasks within reaper, once you get used to it. As a sound designer and composer myself, I can say that no matter what your field is in, this is one of the best daws out there you can invest your money, and time in and its level of customization and flexibility can insure it is a more than comfortable experience to work in reaper, no matter if your mixing, mastering, recording, or any other task you might be doing.
Jose Ignacio triay
The app is good, but not the developers.
The DAW is really good except the complicated workflow and interface. The thing is that they blocked my ip from their forum without a logical reason. When I asked them, they said that their website was attacked by some area and BLOCKED THE AREA and said, my place is in the area. So, they blocked me with that reason. What?It's ridiculous. I think it's a lame excuse. I've never seen any website/forum does it except another bad company, Gearspace. They just block the ip that they don't want to accept. Which means they are racist. They gave me a solution that doesn't work at all (Of course!!). Thus, I dropped it before I purchase and moved to other DAW.
Erwing Moon
Good digital audio workstation
Good digital audio workstation. I'm using it to record guitar and vocals, everything works great, UI is pretty intuitive and it's easy to just plug in, set VST plugins, play, and record.
Malik Berberich
Not good
A simple task like setting/changing the instrument on an imported midi track, is IMPOSSIBLE...
Søren Pedersen
